Zhang Guoan said to Hou Dongfang:

"Diplomacy is open, reasonable to take advantage of the other side, and to ask the other side to cooperate. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info"

"Diplomacy that does not take advantage of oneself is just a continuation of domestic affairs------ it is fake diplomacy."

"When we are weak, we need diplomacy more, because strong countries don't need diplomacy."

"Interact according to common sense."

Hou Dongfang listened carefully to Master Zhang's words, and in the future, he would be in charge of diplomatic affairs.

Zhang Guoan told him some bottom lines, for example, it is impossible to help them send troops, but it can help them train, people must come to Liuqiu Island, half training and half work, and Zhongshan Guo will be responsible for the expenses during the period.

In consideration of the problem of transporting cattle, the ship was slightly modified, and the tiger squat gun was installed on the deck of the ship, for which the deck was thickened and the ship's side was lowered in several places.

Hou Dongfang asked in surprise: "Can I still use force?" ”

"One of the continuations of diplomacy is war, and of course, this is not the ultimate goal," Zhang said. ”

Ambassador Hou Dongfang took three boats to sea this time, and they calculated the other party's bearing capacity and prepared to exchange for 500 buffaloes.

The crown prince of Zhongshan Kingdom was extremely excited, he knew that if there was half of the combat strength of the Liuqiu Guard, the great plan to reunify the three kingdoms might be realized in his own hands.

When they went to sea in winter, the wind and waves were a little higher, but it was a smooth time, and in less than ten days, they arrived in Zhongshan.

The crown prince returned, and the king of Zhongshan Kingdom, sitting on the shoulders of four people, personally came to the dock to meet them.

Ambassador Hou Dongfang saw on the ship that the so-called Zhongshan Kingdom was a city smaller than the county seat of Lin'an in the Great Song Dynasty.

Fortunately, the pier can still dock their big boats.

At that time, the prince of Zhongshan said: "Ambassador Hou, if you have the mule and horse cement of Liuqiu, this place can also be converted into your big wharf------"

Hou Dongfang thought for a while and said, "If you are willing to pay some tuition." I think Master Zhang's family will be willing to teach you how to fire mule-style cement, and you can send craftsmen. ”

The prince of Zhongshan Kingdom said happily: "Yes! ”

In the royal palace of Zhongshan Kingdom, Ambassador Hou Dongfang was given a grand welcome.

He found that people here thought they were proud of the Great Song Dynasty, but only the upper-class people did, and he couldn't understand the dialects spoken by ordinary people.

There was also wine at the dinner. But they were embarrassed to serve their rice wine, which was too muddy and not mellow compared to the fruit wine brought back by the prince of Zhongshan.

Ambassador Hou Dongfang only drank three glasses at that time, and then resolutely refused to drink, and the prince of Zhongshan knew this rule and did not force it.

The king of Zhongshan was a thin middle-aged uncle, he didn't speak much about the Great Song Dynasty, and he also visited the Great Song Dynasty when he was young. But I haven't been there for more than 20 years, so I don't know how to say it.

He smiled as he watched two young men of the same age talking happily.

At last, the king and the crown prince let the others go down, leaving only the three of them, and even the attendants were called away.

The prince earnestly recounted the battle he had seen, without exaggeration or modification.

The king listened very carefully, and he said in surprise: "There is such a powerful weapon in the world?!" ”

Ambassador Hou Dongfang demonstrated arquebus shooting to them at that time.

The king was overjoyed when he saw that the coconut thirty paces away had been burst. If it is really as the prince said, hundreds of them will be called together. It's really unbeatable!

Then Ambassador Hou Dongfang also demonstrated to them the acacia wood cannon.

After seeing that the so-called artillery knocked down a piece of the wooden stake dozens of paces away, the king came directly and grabbed the hand of Ambassador Hou Dongfang, and insisted on exchanging cattle, pigs and sheep.

Everyone has negotiated the exchange price in advance, and an acacia wood cannon will also be exchanged for a buffalo, after all, the number of times the cannon can be fired is there.

However, Zhongshan was able to make wooden cannons. However, like the arquebus, they could only rely on the black fire/medicine of Liuqiu, and later they also tried to change to the Great Song one, but it didn't work. The effect is too poor.

Next, the crown prince accompanied Ambassador Hou Dongfang to walk around Zhongshan Kingdom, and found that the people here were divided into two kinds, one was similar to the natives of Liuqiu Island, and the other was close to the Great Song people, such as kings, princes, and some ministers and generals.

The status of the indigenous people in the local area is obviously much lower, and most of them know some bamboo weaving and the like.

The crown prince said to Ambassador Hou Dongfang: "I have seen it at the mouth of the Badao River, and you can even let those low-level natives do their work------ I am ready to do the same." ”

Ambassador Hou Dongfang said: "If they learn to work, what is the difference between us and us? ”

The prince smiled but said nothing.

The people here dislike the natives, thinking that they are lazy and stupid, and that anyone who uses them will be laughed at.

Ambassador Hou Dongfang also found that there are indeed many buffaloes here, and most of their markets are bartered and very few money is used.

You can even see shops run by merchants of the Great Song Dynasty and Japanese merchants here!

The prince pointed to the shops opened by the Song people and said: "This is the necessary place for the Great Song Dynasty to trade in Japan, and occasionally there are Great Song merchants and Japanese merchants who want to trade with each other here, but it is far less than Lin'an Xing or Thorn Tong in case!" It's sad ------ it's really a small country and a widow! ”

Ambassador Hou Dongfang said: "Don't be sentimental, at least there are more people than me. ”

"But there are no objects like Liuqiu Island here------ I have gained a lot from this trip!"

This is true.

The goods sent by Liuqiu Island were all eaten by Zhongshan without reservation.

The salt production method here is also frying salt, the yield is very low, and the price is higher than that of the Great Song Dynasty, which is really similar to Japan.

In fact, in this time and space, except for some places where rock salt is produced, almost all of them are fried salt, so Zhang Guoan can rest assured that he will let others build salt farms, just from the price point, as long as the transportation problem is solved, he will not worry about selling.

Next, Ambassador Hou Dongfang signed a military support plan with the other side.

It was agreed that Zhongshan would send a hundred warriors to follow Ambassador Hou Dongfang to Liuqiu Island for military training for three months, and the expenses incurred during the period would be settled with buffaloes, pigs and sheep.

This time, the same is true for the goods traded.

In this way, in the end, Ambassador Hou Dongfang calculated that there would be more than 800 buffaloes and thousands of pigs and sheep.

The crown prince was a little worried and reminded his father.

"Father, will it affect the livelihood of our people?"

The king of Zhongshan was very happy that his son was sent to the Great Song Dynasty to study the results, so that such a young child could think of the problems of people's livelihood.

The king of Zhongshan said happily: "It doesn't matter, as long as we defeat those two countries------ our people's livelihood here will be solved, and the common people will still support us, you wait for us to quietly spread this rumor, and let them know that if we take those two countries, everyone will benefit, and they will fully support us!" ”

The prince thought about it, and his father's meaning was obvious, doing things should be beneficial to everyone, so that everyone would support you. (To be continued.) )